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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-05-30, Page 4‘11111111111111•1111111111i NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Dye Stuffs—Hickson Bleasdell. • Notice—Peter Adamson. Improve Your Stock—John Shea. • Through Tickets—A. Armitage. Cruelty to Animals—Rev. J. Moffat. Pianos and Organs—Scott Brothers. Courb of Revision—John O'Sullivan. Property for Sale—W. Moore. Horse Wanted—Expositor Office. Election Agent—John Beattie.. ittott.txtpoitrq. . SEAFORTH, MAY 30, 1879. The Member for Centre Huron Righted. The many friends of the Hon. R. J. Cartwright Will learn With pleasure •that he has been specially honored by Her Majesty, hating been appointed - Knight Commander, of the Most Distin- guished ardor of St. Michael and St. George. A similar distinction has been on former occasions, offered other lead- ing members of the Reforra party and has beefi by some of then 1 declined; but owing to the manner in which the honor was offered, Mr Cartwright thought it would have been both impolitic and un- gracious on his part to have declined it. This distinction in so far 'as' Sir R. J. Cartwright is concerned, is all the more striking and gratifying in So much as it is an almost unprecedented thing for a defeated Cabinet Minister' to receive from Her Majesty so marked an expres: soi of her confidence and esteem; in- deed we cannot at the present time re- call another similar instance. How- eieer much some may differ Politically from the }Ignorable gentleman, none will say that the honor conferred on him was not merited, and that his great abilities as a Parliamentarian and his distinguished services to the •country entitle him to this mark Of Royal favor. We heartily congratulate on r represent- ative and hope he may long be spared to enjoy and adorn his distinituished title. 1 • • Remember Thursday 1ext. . On Thursday evening next th great political Struggle in Ontario will be end- ed. - Before another issue of Tun Ex- p.:amen reaches its readers the Mowat Administration will have been sustained or condemned. at the polls. During the pest few months their conduct has been pretty thoroughly canvassed and dis- cussed by the people, and the electors should now be irt a position to give an intelligent decision. We have taken an active part in that discussion„ but we . have not on any occasion descended to personalities or abuse. After thorough and searching investigation we believe that the present Government of Ontario are honest, economical, and,are in every respect fully deserving of a renewal of the confidence of the people. Believing this, it was out duty to place matters before our readers as we Iniew them to exist. This we have done. to the best of our abilityr We have shown , that the actual controllable expenditure has not increased so rapidly as it did under their predecessers,in fact that there has not been • any increase in this respect during- the present Parliament. We have likewise shown that the increase was more than accounted for by the ad- ditional grants of money which the Government gave to the people, and which. kept -down local taXation. We have shown what they have donein the way of developing the country by those grants; and lastly we have shown the beneficial legielation they haire produced, leaving in this respect not one single subject to be legislated Upon, or on which legislation is deuaanded. To sum up, the Government have been econ- omical, frugal, enterprising., and indus- trious. We have, as our readers know, roved these several points froth the public records. Their oPponente do not bring againet them an charges of corruption, consequently we may con- • clude in this respect, also, they stand blameless. Now, we ask any candid . reader what more can be Wanted in a Government? Why turn men from of- fice who have done thus well? Have we not a Governnient, a naodel Govern- ment, of which we should feel proud? What are we to gain by burning them out and putting in their places their op- ponents? What record have the Oppo- sition to corcimend them to the public? They have no policy except a desire to get into office. Their leader is an un- tried man, young in years, and lacking • M experience. On the other hand the Reformers are led by a man of mature years, untainished reputation, estab- lished legal ability and long experience. The Government have everything in their fever -seed possess every requisite to recommend them to the people, while the Opposition have nothing, actually nothing, save empty profes- sions. We again ask, in view.of these established facts, would it be judicious, would it be good policy, would it pay to make the °hang ? It is, therefore, the bounden duty, a it is the personal in- terest and advantage, of evety one who thinks as we do, that it would not be wise to make the change, not only to register their own votes for the Govern- ment candidates, but to use every fair and legitimate means at their command to get others to do likewise. There is this, also, to • be remembered: If the present Government, having acted hon- estly, ec6nomically and in the best in- erests of the Province, are not sus- ainea, but are turned adrift, it will be offering a premium to those who come after them to act the reverse. They will see thatwell aoing has not been ppreciated or rewarded by the people, nd they wi4 very justly and vele, prop- rly conclude that honesty and probity s not sappreciated by the people,and they ill have etreey encouragement to at he reverse. Every elector, should use is best endeavors to prevent a calamity f this kind 'maturing, and to •prevent he perpetration of so great a wrong. Ve, believe he Government will be eusteined, blut .it behooves every one who thhilis they' are deserving of confi- dence to work. Let there be no hang- --prbaek an waiting for others. Let very man d� his duty, and then, what ver the result may be there will be no ram regrets.! In so far al Huron is concerned we ave no fear!for the result, if the friends 1 f the Government do . their duty. In outh Hermi there are a sufficient num- or of Reform votes to elect Mre Bish- p by a very large majority, and if he 1 e not so eleeted it will be due entirely • o criminal Indifference and over con- ftdence. Let the friends of the Govern- ment in this noble ora riding rouse up, let them do their duty to themselves and their country, and let not the dis- grace rest upon them of having it going abroad on Thursday night next that their candidate is defeated. or only elected by a narrow majority, when he should have a majority of at least three hundred. In East Huron the same remarks will applyas to the Scuth riding. There is in that riding a major- iy votes in favor of the Government candidate, Mr. Gibson. Let them be birought out.1 The Government are worthy of any exertion their friends can peak° on their behalf, and Mr. qibson is a representative in -whom both parties must feel in their hearts that they have full confidence. If the Re- formers do their duty between this and Thursday next he will be elected by a good naajority ; if they hang back, and eel:ail:me indifferent, they will have to 4ffer the mortification of defeat. We have, however, too much confidence in 0t1io intelligence and energy of the Re, f rmers of East Hurcn,.to believe that tiiey will alloye their candidate to be de- feated. We believe, on the contrary, tilat they williraI1y to the polls to a man and record their votes in favor.of good. government, Dina that on Thurs- _ day honest Thomas Gibeon will 'again be the representetive of East Huron by a majority of which his friends will feel, prid. In West Huron our friends have a hard bettle to fight. But they have a good &Luse and a good candidate to fight for. Mr. Bess is a representa- tive such as few constituencies have. f The contrast between him and his op- ponent in point of efitness for the posi- time to which they ,aspire is so very great, that we can scarcely believe the people of West Huron will be se wilfully blind as to fail to see it. We expect to see Mr. Ross returned by an increased majority. Let our friends ili the three Hurons do their whole duty, let each one make the cause his cause, and on Thursday night next Huron will have returned three supporters of the best arfd purest Goverenaent that ever ex - ie ecl in Canada: esteeteen;aemellteateesee__ - Noroile aticins in Huron. J A ST Rim; G — The nomination for Est Huron took place at Brussels, on Thursday, 29t1i- inst. The attendance was rather email, not more than 500 people being presenet, Only two condi- daltes were nominated, viz.: Thomas Gibson, nominated. by J. Leckie, Brus- , , se s, seconded by J. R. Smith, Brussels; and. Dr. .1161ines, nominated by T. E. •H ys,McKillop, seconded by J. -Perkins, G rrie. The candidates, and movers ai4l seconders only, addressed the meet - in. Financial agents appointed: For M. Gibson, P. Thompson, Brussels; foif Dr. Holmes, T. Kelly, Brussels. OUTH HURON.—The nomination for South Huron was held at Hensall on [ Ti ursday last, the ,Returning Officer, n Beattie,: Esq.., presiding. Mr. ,Ja, .kson was nominated by Mr. D. H. Ri chie, of Bayfield, and seconded by Mit. G. E. Cresswell, of Tuckersmith. Mif. Bishop was nominated berMr. John Parsons, of Crediton, and seconded by Mr: D. D. Wilson, of Seaforth. At the conclusion of -the nominations, the can - &dates and ,their friends retired to Purdy's hall, when Wm. Lewis, Esq., of Stephen, was appointed chairman. The hall was packed full, and much in- terest seemed • to, be raanifested in1 the proceedings. The movers and seconders; addressed the as- seinblage for 15, minutes each, and the twc candidates for one hour each. Ow- ing to the limited time at our 'disposal before going to press, it is impossible to give even a synopsis of the addresses. The meetiug was most orderly, and concluded with three • cheers for the Queen, and three for each :of the can- didates. linsteemmeemeatmemee THE CANADIAN Bay IN ENGLAND.— Bcith Hanla,n and Elliott continue to practise diligently. Hanlan had a sort of informal trial with Plaisted on Sat- urday on the Tyne River opposite the Meadows. Harden beat Plaisted by fifty yards without apparent exertion, and at 34 strokes a minute broke right away • • • 711E HPRON EXPOSITOR. from him. The Sportsman says Plais- ted pulls a long and highly effective stroke, but has an ungainly twist. A Few Faces Plainly Put. The name of Mr. R. W. Phipps has become almost a household word in this Province. His writings on the subject of Proteetion were so generally circulated last fall that they could be found with almost every ratepayer, and the arguments cif nearly every Protec- tionist speaker were taken more or less from Phipps' pamphlet. It is acknow- ledged by all that the victory of the Conservative party last September was due in no small degree to aid it received from, this gentleman. Of course we know that Mr. Phipps has his peculi- arities and perhaps his faults, but that he is an able, shrewd man and a plain, clever writer, none who have ever read his productions can truthfully deny. He is evidently thoroughly sincere in Whatever he advocates, anci he has the faculty of placing his ideas in sueh a mild, plain, attractive form that the reader cannot but be charmed with his style, even if he does dissent from his reasoning. Mr. Phipps has recently devoted considerable attention to On- tario politics, and. in a neatly printed pamphlet he places his views before the electors. The following extract from this pamphlet places the Past career of the Ontario Government so plainly, so clearly and so concisely be- fore the people, and is withal SO truth- ful a narrative of what ha,s actually been done, that we re -produce it. At this time it is most opportune, and. should be carefully perused by every elector. He nye : " As you are all aware, there ,has been for several years great commer- cial depression - throughout. all the world. It has been observed. that On- tario, in spite of this, has made pro- gress. This has been mainly in conse- quence of the large amount of money our Local Government has spent here, a,nd the useful maener in which they have employed it. The income of On- tario is much more than is needed for the mere ordinary purposes of government; and this had accumulated a sur- plus under Mr. San dfield llacdonald's Government of some seven millions of dollars, added to every year since, of course, by the overplus of the year. Mr. Mowat's Administration have em- ployed it for the benefit of the country in various ways. For instance, they have paid out over three millions in a distribution to the various municipali- ties, which these have employed in making roads, building bridges, town halls, school houses, making harbors, constructing water -works, and for many other useful purpbses, all over the coun- try. Consider what a vast sum this is —three milhons--thirty hundred thou sand dollars—hoW much work it must have given, and how many valuable improvements. . • •" This is little compared to the man- ner in which they have aided railways Government has. given these direct as- sistance to the amount of nearly three millions of dollar. And notice the ad- ditional result. Municipalities have Atven seven millions in bonuses, and litie total sum spent on these roads has been about twenty-three millions. Think of what an amount of work and improvement this shows. They have aided nearly thirty different lines, hav- ing nearly fourteen hundred miles built and three hundred to finish yet. And if You look at any map of Ontario, you will see that it is so erossed and. count ter -crossed by these lines that most parts have got a share. • "Next, I want you to consider the quantity of money spent on• public buildings and works, and the valuable improvements obtained for the money; all this, remember, since 1871. They have spent about two and a quarter millions in building asylums, prisons, reformatories, registry offices, agricul- tural colleges, GoVernment schools, in improvements on lakes and rivers, and. for many other valuable objects. We have, in consequence, nowschools at which agriculture is scientifically taught •to our young farmers (an excellent work, since modern farming to be suc- cessful must be scientific). We have reformatories, where young culprits can. be reclaimed, instead of, as of old, send- ing them to priso s to become yet worse. We have eylums where the lunatic, the blind, d af and dumb are kept, and often cutecl—a great improve- ment on past times, evhich left them often necessarily uncared for, an annoyance and alarm to neighbor- hoods. " Government has spent also nearly half a million on the drainage of farms, lending the farmers the money at low interest: I wish that I had. space here to say a few words on the value of this improvement. It is of very great im- portance indeed, and will yearly be- come, under good government, more extended and valuable. Let me say that it serves two purposes—one, well understood, the drying of wet lands; the other, perhaps -still more useful, the softenineand enriching of hard clay lands, of which Ontario has much —land apparently' dry, but apt to 'bake." , In the matter of education much has been spent, and much secured. in re- turn. Since 1871 there has been spent on common and separate schools, high 'schools, collegiate institutes, libraries, maps, (Fic., over two and three-quarter millions of dollars. For this, matters fare so erra,nged that now every child in the land- can, free of charge, obtain an education which twenty or thirty years ago none but the rich could. secure. . "Altogether, it is calculated that— of matters which might rank as sur- plus distribution, things which, if the Governneent had kept its surplus cash in the bank, it might lave avoided pay- ing, or to a great extent avoided—there have been nearly eighteen millions of dollars spent in Ontario since 1871, which, added to the railway expendi- ture encouraged and. often produced by Government aid., give the vast amount of forty millions of dollars spent in On- tario during the last few years—an ex- penditure the most opportune and most beneficial, diffusing money at the best time for the workmen anathe best time for obtaining value in the work, of any recorded, perhaps- in American—cer- tainly in Canadian—history. "I veould ask you toiconsider whet has been the result of all this. The whole Province has been so chequered by railways that raost farmers are near them, while macadamized, gravel, and 'graded roads connect in all directions. We have a fat larger number of schools, and they are each far more efficient than the old ones. We have added to the Province as it was in '71 a newer belt of clearedfarms along all its northern border. Many and. costly re- formatory, prison, refuge and asylum buildings have been erected: Villages are towns, and towns cities. Think of Toronto as it was ten years back; it seems more than double now. Popu- lation and wealth, business and revenge are much greater. Spite of the depres- Sion,tOntario's yearly imports and ex- ports are over twenty millions more now than ten years ago. In fact, any one going through the province could not fail to see we are much better off now. This is not the result of good. crops or high prices—they have been. rare. The Province for the last few years may,' be compared to a farmer who, finding little sale for his .crops— • and poor growing seasons—devote i most of his energies to improving his -farm buildings—his drainage and fencing. His farm is then more valuable, and. when good farming seasons return will be doubly as valuable. That is what Ontario, through what appears to me, after a good deal of investigation, to be a decidedly honest and capable Gov- ernment, has been doing. When the good times return we shall find. the profit of our improvements. And re- member, we have not gone one cent into debt; but, on the contrary, have still a surplus of some four millions left. "I wish to remark here that all this is that increase of expenditure to which the opponents of the Mowat Govern- ment pretend to object. It is only a pretence. These very opponents de- manded the same course—the only proper one. Had Government chosen, the whole expense could have been re- duced below even Sandfield Macdon- ald's mark. They might have kept the cash in hand, and not assisted the peo- ple --might have merely attended' to the business of legislation and adminis- tration, left as much aS possible on the counties, and had. much less expense and labor. • But in that case, every county, township and riding would have been put to much greater expense for schools, for law, for roads, for asylums, for prisons. And all this they must have met by direct taxation on their own assessment roll every year. Would they be consoled for this by the know- ledge that Government still had cash ou hand which would do some day for their children ? They would think it very ill saved. Well, this is simply the meaning of the cry of increased expense the Opposition raises. Government has taken on itself much expenditure out of its own income, which otherwise the counties, towns antIcities must do for themselves, or do—very badly— without it. *If you take the list of yousown muni- cipal expenses throughout Canada, for the past eight years, you will find. that the average increase in the whole ha,s been 87 per cent.? while your -local governmental increase has been but 32 per cent., showing more economy in governmental increases than in muni- cipal ones. " Now, concerning these expendi- tures, I want to make you two little statements of considerable interest. The first is, that by either their oppon- ents' or the Government figures there has been no increase whatever in the total expenditure since 1873—Mr. Mowat's first . year. That year stood 2,940,000; 1879 stands $2,902,000, counting everything, surplus, distribu- tion, and all. Aud, noticing what has been paid out elf the surplus, and de- ducting it, you will find that every year of his regime shows a decrease on the first. So much for Mr. Mowat's in- creased expenditure. "Now consider the increased work hi some departments: Ill the Secretary's Department, letters, references, re- ports, returns, circulars, licenses, &c., have swelled in six years from 4,000 to 36,000 annually; in the Administra- tion of Justice Audit, from 5,000 to 35,- 000; in the Treasury Department, from 9,000 to 21,000; in the Attorney Gen- eral's Department (many being files), from 1,400 to 7,000. , Total, from 19,- 000 to 99,000. I am sure you must al- low that, with this increase of work, and necessarily paying m'ore clerks and higher salaries to get it done, Mr. Mowat must have 'economized very closely in some departments to keep the totals so near their original level. I doubt very much if there is a govern- ment in America whose people have in the last six years been engaged in im- provements as we have, can show any- thing like so non -increasing a supply bill." News of the Week. Gnessnoreense-Despatches from Nor- folk, Nebraska, state that grasshoppers have cleaned out the grain fields in the neighborhood. PRICE or Coee.—Peiinsplvania coal is advancing in price. Ten cents per ten 's to be added in June, and a further allelic° is expected.. IMmIGRATioN.—At no former period the history of Minnesota has there •een so large an influx of immigrants s during the last ten months. FATAL COLLISION AT See.—A despatch • rom Calcutta, says,: The steamer Ava ".was sunk in a collision. Sixty - ix of the crew and four passengers were • rowned. ABOLISHING TOLLS. — Five Thames •ridges -in London have been freed trona oils, leaving only three toll bridges 'thin the metropolitan area. These ill also be freed shortly. INDIANS.—A Helena, Montana, des - etch. says: John T. Vincent and four thers were attacked by fifty Yellow - tones recently, and killed. eleven In- ane after a twenty hours' fight. The • nclians then fled. EPIDEMIC.—The United States coun- • el at Tangier reports fearful ravages of yphus fever in Morocco. The deaths 'n the city of Morocco numbered 300 er day. Europeans suffer alike with he natives. Anumber of consuls and ce-consuls have died. In former epi- • emics foreigners escaped attack. ALL ABOUT A. MT.—There are spra- t•ms of serious trouble arising in Bul- earia out of an old hat. Governor Al- e,. o Pasha announced his intention on isiting Philippopolis of discarding the f z and wearing the Bulgarian hat; but 11 General Stoylpine has received a des- patch saying that the Sultan insists upon the Governor wearing the fez. The order has created much excitement. - TEN YEARS.—Billy Catlin, leader of the Little Falls grave robbers and burglars, was sentenced. at Utica on Saturday to ten years for burglary, and. five years additional for grave robbing. ' STBUCK BY LIGHTNING.—The Oriental Powder Company's magazine near BrightomBlinois,containing 50,000 kegs powder, was struck by lightning on Sunday afternoon, and ',was entirely consumed. A MENAGERIE BURNED.—The Me agerie establishment owned by J. Ir. French, five miles north of Detroit, waie burned this morning. The elephant Sultan, five lions, a zebra, a leopard,and. many other valuable animals were de- stroyed.ontoNAC T . — The Great Northern Railway of England. has contracted. for a period. of twenty-one years with the Pullman Palace Car Company for the use of its sleeping and hotel coaches, the latter never having been inttoduced in England. THE QUEsTiOR OF WAGES IN YORE- smee.---The board of arbitrators to whom was referred. the question of re- duction of wages between the South Yorkshire coal owners and the miners has decided against any reduction. The decision affects 50,000 men and boys. UNCOMFORTABLE PASSAGE. — Henry Fleishman, of New York, sues the Hamburg American Packet line for, • $10,000 damages, claiming that while making a trip on the steamer Har- monise he was ill-treated and suffered from rats, cockroaches and other ver- min. ELEVATED RAILWAYS.—The elevated railway companies of New York have agreed upon a plan for joint operation. They virtually lease their property to the Manhattan Company, which as- sumes the payment of interest on the bonded debt, and guarantees an annual dividend of ten per cent. ou the com- bined stock. RAILROAD WAR.—The railroad. war between the linesleading eastward from Chicago • continues. The Vanderbilt roads have issued. a new tariff, Making a cut on the rates of regular or limited tickets. 'Counedting business is based on the following tariff: Buffalo, first class, 12c.; Albany, 14c.; New York, 15 cents. SILvEB IN TEXAS.—Grebt excitement prevails over the discovery of silver at Brownwood,120 miles south-east of Dal- las. The assay of ore proves the vein to be &rich one. A specimen of 120 grains of ore contained 75 per cent. silver. A daily paper has been started, claims have been located., and. hundreds of people are rushing thither. • DESPERATE FIGHT.—The vicinity of Fort. Belknap, Montana, swarms with Sioux. A man named Lloyd, while camped twenty miles from the post,was attacked by fifteen warriors. He stoop- ed out a rifle pit with his hands, and • after a desperate fight of over two hours' duration, in which three Indians were killed, the intrepid white man succeed- ed in driving off his assailants. Lloyd had but three cartridges left when the savages abandoned. their attack. ZULULAINTD. —Despatches from Cape Town say the Dragoon Guards go to Transvaal, not to Zululand. The scheme for invasion will undergo im- portant modifications.. The Zulus will make a strong stand to cover Alundi. The system of cutting adrift from the base when the advance comnaences will be abandoned, and a chain of fortified posts be constructed. as the invasion proceeds. The conviction is general the war ' will be prolonged over two campaigns. . Meeicee EDUCATION FOR WOMEN.— A year ago Miss Marion Hovey, for her father, proposed to give gou,s0t0eoe to Harvard Medical School, if its advan- tages could be offered to women on equal terms with men. The overseers voted it inexpedient to reconemend, that the proposal be accepted. It was further voted that it is expedient, under suit- able restrictions, that women be instruct- ed in medicine at Harvard. The res- trictions are understood to be that wo- men be instructed separately from the men in laboratory work and recitations, and in lectures on women's diseases, anatomy, and. the like. NIHILISM IN RUSSIA.—Two suspeeted persons were arrested at Kieff recently but have not been identified. Among their effects the police found bomb cases, severalbottles of concentrated pieroxical, a chemical explosive, four re- volvers, two poniards, and several forged passports. Of fourteen Nihilists court- naartialled on the 12th inst., two includ- ing Bremner, a Prussian subject, will be shot, and the eleven others sentenced to various terms of penal servitude. Among the latter three women were sentenced to fifteen years each. A hun- dred and eighty-six houses in• a village in the Government of Ufa have been burned. The suspected. incendiary has been arrested. What Has Been Done. It is sometimes asked. by the Opposi- tionists what measures of Reform have the present Goverinnent inaugurated? We give below a few of the more im- portant which occur to the memory : Abolition of dual representation. Mechanics Lien Act, securing to nae- chauics engaged. in the construction of any building the privilege of obtaining a first lien on the property on -which they have expended their labor, thus ensuring them of their wages. An Act restricting the tra,ffic in in- toxicating liquors, The disqualification for seats in Par- liament of all who are in receipt of pay from the Government. Previously those who were paid salaries were disquali- fied, but the law was not made to apply to those paid by fees as well. Securing the rights of married women to their own earnings. The settlement of the Municipal Loan difficulty, and a distribution of a por- tion of the surplus. The introduction of the ballot in elec- tions for the Assembly, for municipal councils, and. on money by-laws. The extension of the franchise to those who pay an income tax, and also to farmer' sons living with their par- ents. The judicial revision of the voters' list before an election. The improvement of the machinery of the courts, preventing unnecessary delay, removing old anomalies, and preventing cases being decided on mere matters of form instead of on their meats. The payment of witnesses in criminal cases, thereby facilitating the adminis- tration of justice, by securing their at- tendance. Relieving the magistracy from lia- bility for acts done in good. faith, but • which may subsequently turn out to have been informal. The revision of the municipai laws, which have previously been scattered through many statute books, and were largely incomprehensible to all munici- pal officials and others who were eitot lawyers. The revision of the School Law, and. the appointment of a Minister of gait - cation, thus bringing the work of that important department more itaime- diately under the observation of Parlia- ment. Facilitating .agreements between em- pleyes and employers for sharing the profits of business in which they may be engaged. Facilitating t settlement of disputes between emplo ers and employes. - Enabling soc eties of all kinds to be- come incorpora ed under a general Act, without expense. . Legalizing naarriageS by clergymen of all denominations, and relieving from disability marriages which had been consummated in good faith., but -whici. were illegal from infornaality. Providing for the public health when contagious diseases threaten the country. Giving repose to land. titles by short- ening the period. after which a man's title to the property he possesses may be free from clanger. Providing additional security forhOld- ers of policies of insurance, by prevent- ing the companies taking the advantage of unjust conditions. Besides these special acts of legisla- tion, there are other liberal measures in the interests of the people, as for ex- ample: Investing a considerable sum in the purchase of municipal debentures for the purpose ot encouraging the drainage of wet districts.' Grants of money in. aid of a large number of railways, in connection with. which was the principle- of. giving Par- liament a voice in -granting the money, instead of leaving it exclusively in the hands of tho Government. A liberal policy in establishing and supporting a number of charitable in- stitutions for the insane, the blind, the deaf, the dumb., and all other afflicted persons; and at the same time regulat- ing the amount of aid granted to hos- pitals and charities by the amount of work done and contributions received from private sources. Re -arranging the representation in the Assembly on a just basis, according to population, even though the Govern- ment had the distinct assurance from those qualified to judge that such an ar- rangement would. be to the advantage of the Opposition, as the result proved it to have been. More Honors. A speciarcablegrain to the Toronto Globe from. its London correspondent, dated. 24th May, furnishes the following information: It is officially announced here to -day that the Queen has been pleased' to ap point the following gentlemen Knights Commanders of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St, George: The Hon. Sir Narcisse F. Belleau. Knight, Q. C., dec., of Quebec. The Hon. Wm. P. Howland C. B„ P. C., &a., of Toronto. The lion. Charles Tupper, C. B., P. C., Minister of Public Works, tte. of _ Ottawa. The HOD, Samuel L. Tilley; C. B., P. aMinistereof Finance, &c., of St. John, New Brunswick. The Hon. George Brown, Senator, &c., of Toronto. The Hon. Alexander Camp- bell, Senator, Pi C., Receiver -General, of Toronto. The Hon. Richard. John Cartwright, I'. C., M. P., &c., of Kings- ton. 1. The New York " Herald:" on the -Vice-Regal Review. It was a happy thought of Chaplain. Beecher to take his regiment—the gallant Brooklyn Thirteenth—over the border to Montreal to =• unite with the British Dominion. military in celebrat- ing the birthday; of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Em- press of India. The novel spectacle of the soldiers of the Republic and the soldiers of the Dominion marching to- gether to do honor to royalty, was pleas- ing in its indication of the friendly feel- ing that prevails between the two neighboring nations, and the Governor - General's brief but expressive welcome —" We are brothers in blood. and in • great traditions, and I rejoice to see you here to -day as otir brothers in arms "— proved. that Her' Majesty's representa- tive appreciated the significance of . the visit. Indeed, the enthusiasm with which Chaplain 1: eecher and. his com- rades were rece ved, makes us tegret that one of our,) wn New York regi- ments—the bra e Sixty -Ninth, for in- stance—was not present to share in the honors showered upon the Brooklyn boys. • A Foolliard.y Feat. On Wednesda!y afternoon a 1yortng luau named Ha an P. Peer read° a leap from the n w suspension bridge, Niagara Falls, into the surging river beneath, a distance of 192 feet. A scaffold four feet long had been prectea near the centre of the bridge and pro- jecting over it. There were about 1,000 spectators. Peer came forward bare- headed and mounted on his platform. Ile was dressed in tights. A wide rubber life preserver, of :his own -con- struction, was fastened around his waist, reaching from his hips under his armpits, funnel shaped so as not to prevent • his velocity A sponge was tied over his mouth and nose and two smaller ones in his ears. A leather shoulder suspender, with. two small brass rings, was -attached just over his shoulders. Fastened to these was a fine brass wire, coiled on a roller, to assist himin keeping his equilibrium. Crossing his legs, he adjusted a wide elastic band just above his knees and another across his insteps, to keep his feet from spreading. When all was ready, he let hiintielf through a square hole in the platform. Sifspended by his hands, he let go his hold and made his fearful drop, occupying 3.1 seconds. Three boats were itt the river waiting to pick hiroeup. He was conveyed safely and. uninjured to the shore. In interviewing him after his feat, he said he felt no fear. After striking the water he sank some eleven feet, when the under current in the river threw him on his back and carried, him SOM6 50 feet, evhen he arose to the surface. Be' MAY 30, isn. '11112111.11111.11.11.11111.111.1.11111WAik was under water to seconds. He is* years of age, weighs 140 pounds, 5 feet 1 inch high, and is of elira build ant • pleasant appearance, with determine,. non in hes -eotintenance. Hie father isa Prussian and his mother an Irish we. man. He resides at Teterville, Ontario, is married and has one child. He gee his first idea of jumping when a sailer seven years ago in the Carribbean Sege e accidentally being knocked off the top.. mast into the sea, a distance of 108 feet After that, ni Milwaukee, being acci- dentally thrown from a, vessel mast 62 feet. Not being seriously injured in these falls, he jumped. from Watson * Co.'s elevator in ltfilevaukee, a distance of 72 feet, turning over twice in the de- scent. Golden Wedding eCekbrationl, Yesterday, the 29th inst.., Mr- wet Mrs. George Kidd, of Mitchell, ode; breed the 50th anniversary of the* wedding day. They were married at Kedale Kirk, an obscure parish in Yorkshire, England, on the 291Ih of May, 1829- In the following year they cane to Canada, landing at Quebec on the 6th of June, 1830. Coming up the Stt Lawrence as far as Montreal, they re- mained. there 18 months, and then crossed the border into New -fork State, where they remained two years; • At the end of two years they returned to Canada and came west us far as Tot ronto township, where they settled, an and remained for fourteen years, Their then removed cast as fur as the tovrns ship of Clark, where they remainea nine years. Their next move was to the vicinity of Mitchell, where theY have lived for twenty-three yam* and. are now comfortably set+ tied. in the western part of thik town, enjoying in peaee and quiet th fruits of their labors. During the firs thirty years of their wedlock Mr,. and MrsKidd had eleven children &me to them—fivesons and six d'aughtene Of the eleven there arestill eight li - six of whom we married and comics- a,ble, settled itt life, and two, a son am daughter, are at home with their pare ents. Of ,grand. children they have forty-two living mad one great grand child. This great grand child is Annie Clayton Etty, whose parents reside n. Logan. She has still liviiag seven grand parents, one great grand father and two great grand mothers, two grand fathers and two grand tn.others, atenshMe. Accenneie.--Willie Crittenden while assisting his brother Robert in remov- ing a fish from the hook, received_ it severe injury to one of his .fingers. The hook entered the boy's hand, and conla not be removed till hie father cut it out withnizt1.3._e ivrrarz.o jn.osepb. clego barn, on lot 8, concession 5, Morris, was ton- sunaed by fire, on Friday, the 23ra day of May, about 4:30 p. m. The fire * supposed to have originated. froni a pili of exasperated straw. The tenant, Mr. Thos. Brown, had a horse rake, fan- ning mill, plows, turnip seuffier, one long sleigh, and half a ton of hay, all of which were reduced to ashes. The bani was covered by insurance„ but the con- tents were not. The loss on thearteicles is about $100. Mr. ETOW/I, who was engaged with IL neighbor about half 1, - mile away, arrived just in time to get out his horses and harness.. Blyth. STARTING AGM:N.—The Blyth SeViete Will be issued again next week. SHIPMENTS.—Th%Johll Campbell ship- ped. three car loads of wood. to London last week. Messrs. McKinnon & Me - Milan shipped. one ear of wheat. IMPROVEMENTS. -- OUT enterprising townsman, Mr. J. G. Moser, has b0111' 3/1611Cea Work on his new shop one Queen street, opposite the Central Ho-. tel. Socates.—A social was given at the residence of Mr. George McGowan, Sr. Saturday,Alanstew,shu c2ro4blA St t,i. instzoinuliatidIvoaf Andrew's 23.15. —A s�cial wati giiteti by Mi4. Vrayne, one evening last week, in aid of del Episcopal Methodist Church. Amount, ,realized $5.20. WOOL.—Messrs. McKinnon. St M&Milian, and Anderson. Sk Elder, have started. buying wool. Parties having that article to dispose of, do well by • bringing it to Blyth. MARKETS.—Treadwell, 93c to 95e; red chaff, 82c to 85c, Fife, 90q to 950,-; barley, 45c to 50o, oats, 40e to 440; peas 55e to 580; butter, loose, Mc: tub, ; eggs, 8c. ACCIDENT.—MT. N. Cumming, of the 13th concession of llullett, met with an accident while driving to Blyth One day last week. It appears the iron came off one of the whiffietrees, allowing the tongue to drop, and the horse became' unmanageable, running away, pitching him out, wrenching one of his ankles* which will disable }dm for a week or more. Varieties. ----A. large number of English cotton operatives have come out to work in the Dundas Cotton Mills. • —The street railway between Dundee and Hamilton was opened for the trav- eling publie on Friday last. —Robert Jackson, residing in the township Of Atrieliasburg, comenitted suicide on Tuesday morning by shooting ' hinaselfTh cause can be assigned for the rash act. He was 70 years old; —Three young lathes presented them- selves at the examination of the College of Physicians and Surgeons for ins- triculation, at Toronto. Misses Auguste tSht_eontlebiirra.nada, woErl znpalvviibeehktyhetaeS.,Iiiistrh. piaessieega:aapobax from. Montreal that the cattle they shipped from Mitchell a week ago are not shipped from that city yet, and he does not know for certain when they will be. The delay is on the part of e boat 'which seems to be waiting for a larger cargo. —Mr. Cleveland, contractor, Port _ Colborne, while passing along, the stritet o11 his way home last Monday night, was waylaid and robbed of his gold watch and chain. Be foe innately had no money about him at the -time. The robbers were two young HIM They beat Air. Cleveland horribly about the head, nearly killing him, with a oar coupling pin, --At the Thorold races an accident happened to "liV the driver of Nellie they, heat of the running raee. horses were coming up the a elc'ig ran across the track Nellie Grey, who stumbled • on Monday, . Robinscm, in the last While the homestretch In front of 011 it, throw - .,43a, to the f5e ed ter tas* fatalle, P3Ifi tea, - Inv tral, and _dung Be t, isaid We te. we bet roar the Vita h —0 elacloto ters, death. the ay of the th hark -whieli the lenna _0 -emigra were s . geatio 3144. Beotch glans, bavin old co Ivrea weo, settle, them wegian States. —A Sw date of He ha lth night, vvo he de self. tende,d and no left op diat though little w ews of ; been b to plat and o nerfor vent hi least, t contest of hinat —On whiske Mie.a near offered 2 tent did no would after en pieces, -After t examin the e was p lie leo worth if it for it Panne 'gain Mg to --A.- Fere,ste towel. bet-iveel been. le. :per yar tOWIl 0 13 min ported , with a ether p towns:, fog of been, h. pieties, ttraceet —3S1 tif 16 fat nearly ham, o fon the dem o dead 0 ne was nosed h in one, " —kb cwned totally ooneicle jug - have —Th 160„000' and nu Marys tarried Viras 5.1 jOrity Great e before t -a (log pe enonths